Alpena County, Michigan Passes 2nd Amendment Preservation Resolution

The Alpena County Board of Commissioners passed Resolution #13-23 to (1) “affirm the individual right to bear arms as delineated in the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Michigan” and (2) “oppose any new statutes at any level of government, state or federal, which will diminish the ability of the law-abiding to defend themselves and their families.”

In addition, the resolution states that “[T]here is no benefit to, nor justification for, removing firearms or other weapons from the hands of law-abiding citizens while the lawless still possess them”.

This courageous exercise of federalism – that would surely make Thomas Jefferson & James Madison proud – sites both the Second Amendment of the US Constitution as well as Article 1, Section 6 of the Michigan Constitution.

Local support will play a vital role in the success of those who want to protect the right to keep and bear arms. The resolution is a great first step, as it gets the commissioners on record in support of the Second Amendment. But, since it’s non-binding, it will require another step to have concrete effect. Cities within the county – and the county board itself – should follow up this resolution with ordinances prohibiting any cooperation with federal agents attempting to enforce acts violating the Second Amendment. Such an ordinance will give these statements teeth.

As Judge Andrew Napolitano has said recently, such widespread noncompliance will make federal gun control measures “nearly impossible to enforce.” (video here)

Here are some concrete steps you can take in your own area.

1. Contact your local legislators – County, City, Town – and urge them to introduce model legislation in support of the right to keep and bear arms

2. Become a local leader. If you’re dedicated to the right and keep and bear arms, we’ll provide you with the tools you need to not only act on your own, but to organize and lead others to help support these efforts.

3. Share this information widely. Please pass this along to your friends and family. Also share it with any and all grassroots groups you’re in contact with around the state. Please encourage them to email this information to their members and supporters.

Scott Landreth is the Ohio Chapter Coordinator for the Tenth Amendment Center, a national think tank that serves as a forum for the study and exploration of state and individual sovereignty issues, focusing primarily on the decentralization of federal government power as required by the Constitution.Send him e-mail to scott.landreth@tenthamendmentcenter.com.

Once again we are making new laws to enforce laws that already exist. There is no need for these laws, only the need to support and uphold the laws that exist as in the second amendment. It clearly states the we the people have the right to bare arms! So just enforce that law! Simple not a hard concept to grasp. If the wording in the statement above is correct, then that is easily gotten around as it states “law-abiding” so all they have to do is deem you not “law-abiding” for some made up charge and there you go, back to square one. Yes it is that easy to do, make you a non “law-abiding” citizens.

The 2nd Amendment prohibits the federal government from infringing (or interfering with) our natural right to keep and bear arms. Of course the feds have been doing exactly that for several decades. Official state and local resistance to unconstitutional federal “laws” is exactly what is needed. It is unfortunate that States/Counties/Cities even need to pass such laws/ordinances/resolutions, but doing so is MUCH better than standing by and accepting whatever Washington DC tries to shove down our throats.

Scott Landreth is the Ohio Chapter Coordinator for the Tenth Amendment Center, a national think tank that serves as a forum for the study and exploration of state and individual sovereignty issues, focusing primarily on the decentralization of federal government power as required by the Constitution.Send him e-mail to scott.landreth@tenthamendmentcenter.com.